Quran Manuscript Part 19 from Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

A 2.6 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02097 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset is provided by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license. The record was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Digitally preserving and archiving cultural heritage based on the high-resolution master copy.
• Analyzing Quranic calligraphy and manuscript illumination styles based on the digitized images.
• Training optical character recognition (OCR) models for classical Arabic script based on the manuscript pages.
• Conducting comparative textual analysis of Quranic verses based on the manuscript's part 19 content.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, a reputable institution.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset's specific temporal origin and geographic provenance are not detailed in the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.02097

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 07:01:56; freshness should be verified.